'Homicide detectives Mark Amos and Zac Harris are called out in the early hours of a cold, wet morning to investigate a naked corpse curled up in a laneway off Exhibition Street, Melbourne. The face of the corpse is twisted in torment. Numerous knife wounds and cigarette burns litter the torso. The experienced detectives have not seen anything like it. There are no clues and the dead man is unidentifiable. But they can feel the perpetrator's frenzied rage.
'Weeks pass, then one night, Detective Mark Amos catches a lucky break. It eventually leads him to the Smyth family in Tasmania, where Mark's investigations reveal misappropriation, a wrongful death, a suicide and the destruction of a respected family.
'This spin-off of The Taroona Incident is a tale of hubris, the greed of others, drugs and fateful decisions.
'A Body in the Lane is a suspenseful crime thriller that'll keep you hooked until its shocking climax.' (Publication summary)
The Taroona Incident
Montmorency
:
Busybird Publishing
,
2022
27815412
2022
single work
novel
'A body.
'A secret.
'A reckoning.
'When four-year-old Rebecca finds the lifeless body of her much-loved Aunt Pat in the Derwent River in 1952, the course of her life changes forever. Plunged into loss, despair and grief, Rebecca navigates the years that pass like a boat searching for shore.
'Cecil Newton hides in many ways. Running from a past he doesn't want to face, he moves from town to town, burying his secrets and hoping they stay hidden.
'When years pass and paths cross, the past comes ashore. Rebecca meets the truth. Cecil meets fate.' (Publication summary)
